“Holy Virgin EmpicoPSis” – Church mentioned in a charter of Emperor Constantine Tik, in the second half of ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c. It was in Makedonski Brod and was a metal monastery of “St. Gorgi Gora “(a scorpeck) in Skopje. On the feast of Sts. Georgi in the monastery was held a large fair in which believers from all over Macedonia came. At the same MES in 1872, on the foundations of the older church, a large three-nave basilica dedicated to the Virgin Epickepsy was built. Several wall paintings in the basilica made the painter Costa Nikolov from Lazaropole (1900). The icons of the iconostasis are the work of the famous Krusevski Zograf Nikola Mikhailov. Lit.: V. Petkovs ¢, review Chkkench Memovenik Kroz Norovsky Narod, Belgrade, 1950; K. Balabanov, mildly to Puuevime Yugoslavia, Belgrade, 1983. K. B.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис СВЕТА БОГОРОДИЦА ЕПИСКЕПСИС